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Posted: November 14, 2005Duration: 1 min 41 sec Technicians and engineers at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory assemble the two STEREO spacecraft for their upcoming launch to study the Sun and solar wind.

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STS-114: Crew returns to KSC for post-flight visit

Posted: November 14, 2005Duration: 1 min 42 sec The crew of space shuttle Discovery's STS-114 return to flight mission, led by commander Eileen Collins, pays a visit to Kennedy Space Center to thank workers and sign autographs as part of their post-flight tour of facilities.

Posted: November 9, 2005Duration: 2 min 3 sec A new image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope reveals billowing mountains of dust ablaze with the fires of stellar youth. The majestic infrared view from Spitzer resembles the iconic "Pillars of Creation" picture taken of the Eagle Nebula in visible light by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope.

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ISS Expedition 12: New TV camera goes to work

Posted: November 7, 2005Duration: 2 min 52 sec The new external television camera mounted to the Port 1 truss of the International Space Station was brought to life while the spacewalk was still underway. This video from the camera pans across the U.S. segment of the station and the backdrop of Earth.

Posted: November 7, 2005Duration: 3 min 20 sec After removing the failed thermal radiator rotation joint motor controller from the S1 truss, the spacewalkers haul equipment back to the airlock in the transition from one EVA task to another.

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ISS Expedition 12: Camera cables

Posted: November 7, 2005Duration: 2 min 4 sec Spacewalker Valery Tokarev -- as seen through his helmetcam -- hooks up three umbilical cables between the new external TV camera and the P1 truss, electrically connecting the camera to the station.

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ISS Expedition 12: Installing the new camera

Posted: November 7, 2005Duration: 4 min 39 sec Commander Bill McArthur and flight engineer Valery Tokarev work together to prepare the TV camera for attachment to the International Space Station. The new P1 camera is needed for upcoming station construction missions when more truss pieces are added.

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ISS Expedition 12: Heading to the Port 1 truss

Posted: November 7, 2005Duration: 6 min 1 sec As the space station flies about 220 miles above the South Pacific, the spacewalkers make their way across a bar that serves as an astronaut pathway from the Quest airlock module to the S0 central truss segment. From there, they travel from S0 to the P1 truss for installation of the new TV camera.

Posted: November 7, 2005Duration: 3 min 3 sec The first task of the spacewalk was freeing a stanchion from its storage location on the outside of the space station. The tripod-like stanchion will hold the external television camera being installed on the station's Port 1 truss later in the EVA.

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ISS Expedition 12: Valve positioning error delays spacewalk start

Posted: November 7, 2005Duration: 4 min 41 sec After suiting up, climbing into the airlock and depressurizing for the start of their spacewalk, the Expedition 12 crew was forced to reverse course. A valve that is manually set inside the station was mis-configured, prompting the airlock to be repressurized and the hatchway opened to correct the error.

Posted: November 5, 2005Duration: 43 min 22 sec The current International Space Station residents will don U.S. spacewalking spacesuits on Monday and head outside their orbital home to install a new camera package, jettison an experimental probe and conduct other maintenance tasks. The EVA is previewed in detail during this news conference.

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NASA chief testifies before Congress

Posted: November 3, 2005Duration: 108 min NASA Administrator Mike Griffin goes before the U.S. House of Representative's Science Committee to provide an update on the moon-Mars exploration program, the future of the space shuttle and space station, possible servicing of Hubble, cost overruns on the James Webb Space Telescope and the agency's aeronautics research.

Posted: November 1, 2005Duration: 17 min The Senate Commerce Committee holds a confirmation hearing on President Bush's nomination of Shana Dale to be the new NASA deputy administrator, replacing former astronaut Fred Gregory.

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ISS Expedition 2: Jim Voss

Posted: October 31, 2005Duration: 3 min 8 sec NASA astronaut Jim Voss, Expedition 2 flight engineer, discusses his March to August 2001 mission aboard the International Space Station during a retrospective event commemorating five years of human presence aboard the outpost.

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